Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate domestic supply as calm, overcast night drives heavy net imports of 19.2 GW.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 0%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 26%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 28%
32%
Renewable share
3.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.3 GW
Total generation
-19.2 GW
Net import
136.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.8°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
461
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 7.6 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer into the night; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single large chimney and conveyor belt structures; biomass 4.6 GW stands to the right as a cluster of mid-sized industrial boiler houses with wood-chip storage domes, warmly lit; wind onshore 2.5 GW shows as a handful of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors nearly still; wind offshore 0.7 GW appears as faint red aviation lights on the far horizon suggesting offshore masts; hydro 1.6 GW is a small dam with illuminated spillway in the far right background. No solar panels anywhere. The sky is fully overcast, completely dark—deep navy-black clouds with no stars, no moon, no twilight glow. The air is still, at 9.8°C early spring—bare-branched trees with the faintest green buds visible under artificial light. A network of high-voltage transmission pylons stretches across the middle ground, cables glinting under facility lights, symbolising the heavy import flows. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price—low-hanging cloud pressing down on the industrial glow. Early spring grass is damp and muted. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art—rich, dark colour palette of amber, charcoal, steel blue, and cream; visible thick brushwork; atmospheric chiaroscuro depth; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, exhaust stack, and pylon insulator. The scene reads as a sombre industrial nocturne, a masterwork painting of energy infrastructure under a starless spring night. No text, no labels.